Sustainable Development
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Plastic: So Great, So Awful – Some New Directions |
In this chapter the authors explore some of contradictions in plastic, and explain and evaluate the potential paths and barriers to how plastic might actually redeem itself and prove that it has … | Mikhail Davis; Wes Sullens | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
From NEW! Principle E – Support ResearchFrom: Building Community |
Asking the Right Questions and Separating Facts from Fiction – Research Corner – Citizen Science and Citizen Technical Advisors – Local Community-University Partnerships – … | James S. Gruber | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
From Reweaving Our Economies Close to HomeFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Despite 60 years of global economic expansion, incomes over the last 30 years have stagnated. People who were once beneficiaries of spiralling growth are no longer participants. The migration of … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 30 | 2012 | $3.00 Add |
From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social DiffusionSocial Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors |
Both the mundane and important decisions of our lives are strongly affected by a process known as social diffusion or diffusion of innovations. In contrast with what nonpersonal sources of … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 11 | 2011 | $0.11 Add |
From The Story MachineFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
Invest in “companies that would be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. Renewal Partners put capital into for-profit enterprises, but our larger goal was to model money … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 24 | 2017 | $2.40 Add |
From Water Use in the HomeFrom: Dry Run |
Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet … | Jerry Yudelson | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
From NEW! 6. The Food TurnaroundMaking the Food System Healthy for People and Planet From: Earth for All |
Chapter 6 examines the challenges of food security and the future of agriculture, discussing topics including our current effects on the earth’s biosphere, the need for a new agricultural … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
From Blue WaterFrom: Dry Run |
With all the concern the past decade about reducing water consumption in both residential and non-residential uses, you’ll probably not find it surprising that the water field has begun to … | Jerry Yudelson | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
From Convivial Banking Innovations: Seeds for TransitionFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Before the rapid globalization spurred by deregulation, community residents and local businesses in the commercial strips of towns and cities had a long-term relationship with the local … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 30 | 2012 | $3.00 Add |
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksAtmospheric Change and Air Quality |
Although atmospheric change is a complex technical issue, only a few basic concepts are required to comprehend its implications and design community strategies to reduce its threat. This chapter … | Marc Roseland | 11 | 2012 | $1.10 Add |
From NEW! Principle F – Delegate and EmpowerFrom: Building Community |
Devolution and Empowerment – Research Corner – Case Study: Community-Led Sustainable Development in Northern Ghana – Case Study: Climate Change and the Minnehaha Creek … | James S. Gruber | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
From Step 3: Developing Strategies – ForgettingPrompts: Rembering to Act |
Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 12 | 2011 | $0.12 Add |
From To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials |
This chapter considers the human health benefits derived from using natural building materials in construction. The aim here is to provide a current overview of the development, understanding, … | Andrew Thomson; Pete Walker | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
From NEW! 7. The Energy Turnaround“Electrifying Everything” From: Earth for All |
Chapter 7 focuses on energy consumption and a clean energy future, discussing clean power technologies, fairness of pushing expensive clean energy, fossil fuel industry’s power, the … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
From Federating the Change Agents: Securing the GainsFrom: Resilience Imperative |
We must secure the innovations that are getting results by scaling up and broadening their applications. Many of the cases we have set out show how particular innovations have been scaled up and … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add |
From GraywaterFrom: Dry Run |
Unlike rainwater, which is highly variable both year to year and seasonally, graywater tends to be reliably present in most commercial environments, so why use potable water for flushing toilets, … | Jerry Yudelson | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add |